Stake-mount for firearms.



I. N. LEWIS.

STAKE MOUNT FOB. FIREARMS.

APPLICATION nun JAN.15, 1013.

1, 1 07,805 Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Witnesses, In aerator,

& $1 Isaac flfZeu/zls' J j W, J/i's flztorncy UNiTED STATES PATENT eros on.

ISAAC N. LEWIS, 015 FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK.

STAKE-MOUNT FOR FIREARMS.

Application filed January 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, ISAAC N. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Hamilton, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful I Improvements in Stake- Mounts for Firearms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mounts or rests for firearms and is particularly designed for use with the Lewis automatic, gas-0perated, air-cooled arms. The rest or mount is in reality a. stake to be inserted in the ground and may therefore be termed a stake mount.

The object of the invention is the production of a mount, for'thepurpose specified,

which shall be well adapted for transportationand for quickly'a'n'd easily fixing in place for use. i

The invention therefore. consists in the structure'of parts and in their combination substantially as hereinafter described and resents, in axial section, the stake mount ready for transportation. Fig. 3 is an axial section of the present preferred form of stake mount. Fig. 4. is a plan of the mount seen in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a partially sectionized side elevation of the upper portion of the mount of Fig. 3 viewed from the right.

In the Lewis gas-operated, air-cooled gun illustrated in Fig. 1. the band 8 has on its underside a spheroidal nut 9, which in reality unites the two ends of said band. This band and nut form convenient means with which to associate the mount or rest of this invention. To arnls not having these parts they may obviously be readily applied.

The. simplest form of mount designed for the embodiment of this invention is that of Figs. 1 and 2. It consists of a eonoidal stick of hard wood 10 axially bored to re ceive a metal tube 11 to Whose lower end is attached a steel point 12 preferably pro- Speeification of Letters Patent.

tube together.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Serial No. 742,236.-

vided with an anger fin 13. This point is here shown as having a shank screwed into the tube and countersunk about the shank to receive the lower end of the wooden stake. The upper end of the tube is belled to serve as a cup 14 for the reception of the nut 9. A set screw 15 may be passed through the wood into the tube, or any other expedient may be employed, to hold the Wood and A hand lever 16 is provided for turning the mount into the ground, a hole 17 being bored transversely through the mount to receive the lever.,

This hand lever may be most conveniently carried by inserting it-in the tube 11. To retain it there, it 'is preferably provided with a screw section at 18 and the tube provided with a corresponding screw section in the neck below the cup. The lever is also provided with a milled head for ready insertion and withdrawal from within the stake. It is essential to protect the cup 1 1 from accidental distortion, ,therefore a bulbous projection 19 is provided on the lever next to the milled head.

Another mode of construction for the stake is that seen in axial section in Fig. 3. Therein a conoidal tube 20 is spun over a wooden core 21, and provided with a cup 14;, screw-threaded'in the neckbelow the cup to receive the screw on the hand lever, and also provided at its point with the auger fin 13. The wooden core is axially bored' to receive the lever 16' and the stake is also provided with the transverse bore 17.

' Another mode of construction of the gunsupporting device, at the upper end of the stake, is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. This device is in the form of a'fork constructed to receive the band 8 of the gun as well as the'spheroidal nut 9. device will retain the gun on the mount when not in use. To this end the fork is provided with curved, transversely concaved tines 22 to embrace the band 8 and with a depression 23 at the base of the tines to receive the nut 9, and; has its shank 24 hinged to the head of the hand lever 16' by pintle 25. The head of the hand lever is, as before, gn'bvided with a bulbous projection 15) but isfdevoid of the milled head, the hinged fork serving inste ad-to assist in the insertion and removal of the lever from within the stake.

The stakes of Figs. 2 and 3 may be used Such a supporting interchangeably with the gun of Fig. 1, the spheriodal nut 9 being inserted in the cup 14, forming therewith, in effect, a ball-andsocket joint whereby freedom of movement for direction and elevation of the gun is afforded. The hand levers of Figs. 2 and 3 maylikewise be used interchangeably with the stakes of said figures. In using the hand lever 16', the hinged fork provides for changes in elevation of the gun and by turning the hand lever out of its socket, say one turn, as indicated in Fig. 5, variations in direction of fire are readily provided for.

The dotted line G, in Fig. 1, indicates the surface of the ground. By turning the mount into the ground.more or less the gun may be brought to that height required for operation when kneeling, sitting or lying prone.

It will be noted that the cup 14 is used with both forms of mounts. When the hinged support of Fig. 3 is provided on the hand lever, the cup serves as a temporary support for the gun, in testing the proper height of the mount, while the hand lever is in use for turning the stake into the ground, thereby enabling the operator to insert the stake to the'right depth before screwing the said lever into the stake. Thus both forms of gun support exist in the same mount, one supplemental to the other. The bulbous proj eetion 1 9 is therefore provided on the hand lever 16' to protect the, cup 14, Fig. 3, the same as with the hand lever 16.

The invention claimed is 1. A mount for firearms consisting of a stake adapted to be secured in the ground and having a transverse hole near its upper end and an axial bore, both for the insertion of a hand lever and having on its upper end a device for receiving a gun and affording thereto movement for changes in direction and elevation.

2. A mount for firearms consisting of a conoidal tube spun over a Wooden core and provided with a cup at its upper end for the purpose specified.

3. A mount for firearms consisting of a conoidal tube having a suitable core and provided with a cup at its upper end and having an internally screw-threaded neck below said cup, the core having an axial bore, in combination with a hand lever adapted to be' inserted in the hollow axis of said mount and provided with a bulbous projection at its upper end fitted to said cup and screwthreaded to engage the thread in said neck.

4. A mount for firearms consisting of a stake provided with means for inserting it firmly in the ground and provided also with an axial bore to receive a hand lever, in combination with a hand lever insert'ible in said bore and provided with a gun support at its outer end. I

5. A mount for firearms consisting of a stake provided with means for inserting it firmly in the ground and .provided also with an axial bore screw-threaded for a section thereof in combination with a hand lever adapted for insertion in said bore and hav ing a screw-threaded portion for engaging with the screw-threaded section of the bore and provided at its outer end with a hinged fork adapted to receive and support a gun.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. ADAMS, HENRY W. RUDD.

copiee of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents. Washington, D. C." 

